Democratic candidate Bill Owens will be elected to a vacant U.S. House seat in upstate New York.

The race garnered national attention as local Republican leaders picked Dede Scozzafava because of her appeal to centrist Republicans, independents and even some Democrats. However, the decision sparked a revolt among conservative activists in the GOP.

Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman outpolled Scozzafava, forcing her to withdraw. Scozzafava has since endorsed Owens.

CNN has projected that Republican Bob McDonnell will be elected Virginia governor. The 55-year-old former state attorney general will be the first Republican to win the state's highest office in 12 years.

Corzine, who was seeking a second term, trailed Christie during the summer, but recent polls showed them in a dead heat. As Election Day approached, some thought growing support for the moderate Daggett might siphon votes from Christie.

A runoff appears necessary to determine whether 35 years of African-American control of the mayor's office will end in Georgia's capital city.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting in Tuesday's election, City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who is white, had 45 percent of the vote, compared with 37 percent for her nearest challenger, former state lawmaker Kasim Reed, who is black, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

A candidate needs more than 50 percent of the vote to win. With no one receiving that percentage, the top two finishers will go to a runoff. Incumbent Shirley Franklin, limited to two terms, said before Tuesday's race that she would vote for Reed.

Maine voters repealed the state's same-sex law, according to the Bangor Daily News.

With 87 percent of precincts reporting, nearly 53 percent of voters chose to reject the law, with more than 47 percent voting to retain it, according to the Daily News.

When Gov. John Baldacci signed the legislation on May 6, he did so knowing there was a possibility that voters could overturn it. In September, opposition groups delivered the necessary signatures to get a vote.

Early results seemed to favor the passage of a measure that would expand the use of medical marijuana in Maine.

With 87 percent of precincts reporting, 59 percent of voters chose "yes" in the referendum, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Voters in Maine, one of 14 states to allow the use of medical marijuana, were asked to decide whether to expand the list of conditions that could be treated with medical marijuana and make it easier to expand the list further. It also would create state-licensed dispensaries.

Late Tuesday night, voters were approving what is called Washington's "everything but marriage" bill by 51 percent to 49 percent, with about 50 percent of the vote counted, CNN affiliate KXLY reported.

The bill was signed into law earlier this year and gave registered domestic partners additional state-granted rights currently given only to married couples.